#73 RANSOM

JESUS

#73  RANSOM -  "For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself as a RANSOM for all,"  1 Timothy 2:3-6

"For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a RANSOM for many."  Mark 10:45

Full Definition of RANSOM

:  to free from captivity or punishment by paying a price :  to deliver especially from sin or its penalty

Synonym Discussion of RANSOM

RESCUE, DELIVER, REDEEM, RANSOM, RECLAIM, SAVE means to set free from confinement or danger.  RESCUE implies freeing from imminent danger by prompt or vigorous action. DELIVER implies release usually of a person from confinement, temptation, slavery, or suffering.   REDEEM implies releasing from bondage or penalties by giving what is demanded or necessary.  RANSOM specifically applies to buying out of captivity.   RECLAIM suggests a bringing back to a former state or condition of someone or something abandoned or debased.   SAVE may  further imply a preserving or maintaining for usefulness or continued existence.

Jesus, You were the One who would rescue,  deliver,  redeem,  ransom,  reclaim, and save me - by being the RANSOM for my sin.  This was the reason You came to earth.   Everything You did pointed to it.  This is not what I expected when I started studying Your names, Jesus.  I thought they would be beautiful names that would be somehow applicable to my everyday life.  But instead they ALL point to the Gospel.   The reason You came to live on earth and the reason You died.   I am truly blown away by this - and humbled and in awe of who You are.  Your only purpose was to die for me.  It is not ONE OF THE THINGS You came to do - it is the ONE THING You came to do.     I am speechless, cannot comprehend, cannot grasp why You would do such a thing.   Oh Jesus, there is no way I can adequately thank You for giving Your life for mine.  May I live in awareness of what You did for me.  May it change the way I live my life.    I worship You as the ultimate RANSOM - the One who lay down His life for me.

(Are you living in awareness of what Jesus did for you?  Worship Him as your RANSOM!)#100dayswithjesus